Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Here is another baby blanket I finished a few days ago. The yarn is from Lion Brand called Mandala. The color is Pixie. It is a soft 3 ply yarn. This blanket will be nice for a new baby in the Spring and Summer months.

Friday, December 22, 2017

Frank donated 40 of his loom knitted hats to the Cold Weather Shelter here in town this week. I forgot to get a picture taken. We donated about 425 hats and baby items this year. Now working on next year's donations.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

I just finished this baby blanket. It is a kit from Mary Maxim. It is rated intermediate and it was quite difficult to do, but I keep at it and figured out the pattern. Did a little frogging along the way but I will make it again some day.

Monday, December 18, 2017

Here are two more cuddle sacks with matching hats. Again I used Mary Maxim Baby Blankie yarn. The color is Bluebells. As I donate to more than one hospital, I don't mind making two of the same from the same big skein of yarn. Also I used my twin stitch pattern with a g hook.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Here is another baby blanket using Mary Maxim yarn. The color is Melon and I used a g hook. I ordered a lot of yarn from Mary Maxim and it is fun to use these new colors. I don't want to stop crocheting.

Monday, December 11, 2017

Here are my latest cuddles sacks with matching hats. I used Mary Maxim's
Baby Blankie yarn with a g hook. The color is Apple Blossom. The two
sets I made are almost identical as they came from the same large skein
of yarn. It take about 350 yards to make one set.

Thursday, December 7, 2017

I was thinking I had not done a granny square blanket for a long time to
I picked two shades of blue and one of white and crocheted 49 squares for this baby blanket. I used Hobby Lobby Baby Bee Sweet Delight yarn and a g hook. I tried single crochet to hook the squares together but I didn't like the looks of it so sewed all the squares together with the mattress stitch.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Here are 20 hats Frank loom knitted. We donated 170 hats and 2 scrap blankets today to the Salvation Army Coat Drive here in Chambersburg. We are starting on our next years donations plus a special project of red baby hats for the American Heart Association to be donated in Feburary.

Friday, November 10, 2017

I crocheted these 12 octopus kitty toys for our granddaughter Briana in South Dakota for her to donate to the animal shelter she works part-time at. I put a little catnip in each one. Our cat Joey and dog Mindy fought over the one I made for them. I also made a couple for our daughter's two cats.

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Here is another crocheted baby blanket for Christmas. I used Pound of Love yarn with a g hook. I was happy to find new colors from Lion's Brand Pound of Love yarn this year. The red is nice and doesn't bleed onto the white. I am using a soft grey on my next blanket and there are a couple more colors that I haven't bought yet.

Monday, October 23, 2017

I just finished up this baby blanket. The Call The Midwife pattern is really fun and goes so fast And I love this time of the year when our hot tub is set up, the cover makes a nice place for displaying and picture taking.

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Well it is that time of the year to think about winter and Christmas. Frank and I worked together crotheting this scrap blanket to be donated to our local cold weather shelter. Also I have been working on Christmas things for the babies.

Saturday, September 23, 2017

This was a good day to get yarn at yard sales. First sale had these 2 giant balls of scrap yarn which I got for $4.00 each, then at another sale I got 16 full skeins of yarn plus some of the same yarn crocheted into something which we will rewind and reuse. I paid $5.00 for all this.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

I used Bernat Pop from Yarnspriations for this baby blanket. The color is called Lipstick on Your Collar. I also used a H hook. I goes really fast and very few ends to weave in as it is continues rolls. It took almost 3 rolls.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Monday, July 31, 2017

This has got to be my favorite baby blanket pattern right now. It is so easy after you do a couple of them. I almost have the pattern memorized now. I used Pound of Love yarn and a g hook. My daughter Marie got this yarn at a yard sale for $2 and this is the 2nd blanket I made and I have more left for another project.

Sunday, April 16, 2017

We received this thank you note from our local hospital. It really warms our hearts when we receive thoughtful feedback like this.

I am a nurse from the Family Birthing Unit at Chambersburg Hospital. I
would like to thank you for the generous amount of hand crafted items
you bring us for our newborns. Our families do appreciate these
treasures which they know are made from love for
each of them. It is very helpful for us to have these warm hats for the
babies. The mothers love having them as a keepsake.

I just wanted to say thank you and let you know how much we appreciate them.
Sincerely,
Donna H, RN
Family Birthing Unit

Monday, April 10, 2017

I have been working on this baby blanket off and on for a couple weeks and finally finished it. The pattern came from an old magazine from the 80's. Sorry no name of the magazine. I used Pound of Love yarn and a g hook.

About Me

I am a retired mother of 2 grown children and a grandmother of 3. My husband Frank and I have started doing crocheting and loom knitting for various charities since retiring. We collect angel figurines bird houses. We have 2 cats. Angel and Joey. And one dog, Mindy.